douanier
Americannoun
plural
douaniersExample Sentences
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A startled douanier, standing in the door of his office stared up into the square faces of grey-coated horsemen riding past.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Primitives are always distinguished; whereas occasionally the douanier is as much the reverse as the more successful painters to the British aristocracy are always.
From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive
My little stock was collected, bound together with a cord, and sent in to the chief douanier, who sat, Radamanthus-like, in an inner apartment, to judge books, papers, and persons.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken
"A douanier," said I. "Nothing to be afraid of, my pet."
From A Marriage at Sea by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)
She was only a tall white girl simply dressed Vignette As he spoke a douanier lounged out of his little whitewashed lair.
From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic
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